Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat
Anheuser-Busch

Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask WheatShock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat
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From:
Anheuser-Busch
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Witbier
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
55
Avg:
2.25 | pDev: 38.67%
Reviews:
116
Ratings:
504
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 07, 2019
Added:
Mar 05, 2014
Wants:
  18
Gots:
  170
This Belgian-Style unfiltered wheat ale is brewed with honey, caramel malt, and aged on bourbon cask staves for the perfect balance of flavor and refreshment all year round.
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Ratings by jjamadorphd:
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Reviewed by jjamadorphd from Florida

4.49/5  rDev +99.6%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
As far as I'm concerned, this has to be the best offering from Shock Top I have had to date. I have found very little from this brew maker that disappoints and this one just got knocked way out of the park.

From the bottle it almost appears as though you have poured yourself a full glass of honey - the hue is that close, the only thing lacking was clarity through the honey-amber color. The smell was pure honey with bourbon with the distinct odor of a wheat beer, all blended well together. The mouthfeel - although a bit more carbonated for my taste - was thick and rich. I was just blown away at the perfect blending of honey, bourbon, and wheat - somehow it all mixed together very well. Overall, it was the best beer I've had in quite some time and I'm glad to still have a few in the fridge to partake from.
Mar 30, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 2.75 by MJSFS from Florida

Dec 07, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by benros222 from Kansas

Apr 01, 2018
 
Rated: 2.25 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Mar 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Dec 28, 2017
 
Rated: 2.22 by SMH_NWI from Texas

Mar 03, 2017
 
Rated: 2.13 by cliff1066 from Virginia

Feb 07, 2017
 
Rated: 2.5 by BrewskiBrandon from Missouri

Oct 15, 2016
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Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas

2.1/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Appearance: Dark golden in color, with a bit of haze. A small, fine-beaded head soon fades to a dusting of foam on the surface, A thin, unbroken ring circles the glass wall. There is some suspended sediment, unusual in an Anheuser-Busch product.

Aroma: A massive wave of honey and vanilla presents, seeming almost overpowering. The effect is somewhat like that of a potpourri. When this passes, there is a fairly strong bourbon note, and some hints of wood. In all, the aroma is strange, not one I would associate with beer.

Taste: The taste begins with strong notes of honey and bourbon. As the taste progresses, conventional malt flavors appear, offering a white bread note. There is also an odd orange note in the middle of the taste, sort of like an orange Jolly Rancher hard candy; this mercifully passes. Finishes with a lingering honey and bourbon flavor that rolls on and on.

Mouth feel: Smooth and full with low, soft carbonation.

Drinkability/notes: Different is the best way I can describe this, a bit too strange for my taste, it seems too far removed from my idea of beer. Thankfully, I only have one bottle of this.

Presentation: Packaged in a twelve-ounce brown glass long-neck bottle with a twist-off crown, served in a New Belgium Brewing chalice.
Sep 05, 2016
 
Rated: 1.5 by Jeremiah_Nelson from California

Aug 21, 2016
 
Rated: 2.43 by jbf190 from West Virginia

Jul 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4.69 by sheena1892

Jun 29, 2016
 
Rated: 1.55 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

Apr 04, 2016
 
Rated: 2.84 by Florida_Hop_Head from Florida

Mar 04, 2016
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.03/5  rDev +34.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Just as he is pulling beers out of the box that I gave him just as he headed southward for the winter, I am continuing to drink through all of the bottles that my local, in-person trader, tone77, dropped off for me. Amongst my Bottle Backlog, how do I know that this is one of his & not some single that I picked up along the way? I will drink anything, but the only time that my money & I part ways for Shock Top is a) if I am at a bar & it is the only new option or b) it is in a CAN. Neither applies here.

From the bottle: "Ale brewed with honey and spices, aged on bourbon cask staves, with natural flavor."

Being that it is a Wheat Ale/Witbier, it should exude a cloudiness, so inverted the unopened bottle just to ensure that everything was in suspension before its opening. Speaking of which, I am guessing that it is a screw-top bottle, which means no Pop!ping of the cap. Sure enough. Nothing holds my disdain like a screw-top bottle, so I retaliated with a heavy-handed pour, producing two fingers of fizzy, tawny head that quickly fizzled its way out of existence. Color was a cloudy Amber to Deep Amber/Light Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13). Nose had a honey-vanilla quality along with a metallic twang. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but certainly highly carbonated. The taste was very sweet and mainly like vanilla ice cream, although I could get flavors of honey in there also. Finish was sweet, cloyingly so, like I was drinking dessert. I could perhaps see this as a dessert beer, but to just drink one on its own (like right now) would be too much for me. I'd be willing to revisit this if they put it in a CAN, but for now, one is plenty.
Feb 12, 2016
 
Rated: 2.99 by WickedBeer from Alabama

Feb 07, 2016
 
Rated: 2.25 by Iamjeff6 from Virginia

Dec 10, 2015
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Reviewed by Mike_Aguirre from Mexico

2.38/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
This doesn´t taste as a witbier at all. Pours light amber with a very mild white foam head. Aroma is of wood and sweet malts. Taste is strange, medicine-like and some wood. I didn´t like this beer at all.
Nov 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4.89 by Eden222 from Pennsylvania

Oct 15, 2015
 
Rated: 1.5 by nuebs from South Dakota

Oct 05, 2015
Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating: 55 out of 100 with 504 ratings